STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 02 FOR NORTHERN PLAINS BLIZZARD
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD 
400 PM CDT TUE MAR 10 2009
 
...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS CONTINUE ACROSS MINNESOTA AND THE
DAKOTAS...
 
BLIZZARD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN DAKOTAS AND
WESTERN MINNESOTA.  WINTER STORM WARNINGS...WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORIES...AND WIND CHILL ADVISORIES ARE ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE
NORTHERN PLAINS AND EASTWARD INTO THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY.
 
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV

AT 300 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND SURFACE
OBSERVATIONS INDICATED A 1001 MB SURFACE LOW LOCATED OVER
SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN.  NORTHWEST OF THE SURFACE LOW...A SWATH OF
MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WAS REPORTED ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND
WELL INTO THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO
30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WERE RESULTING IN WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES
IN THE -30 TO -40 RANGE AND WERE LOWERING VISIBILITY DUE TO
BLOWING SNOW.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 800 AM CDT MON MAR
09 THROUGH 300 PM CDT TUE MAR 10...

...MINNESOTA...
INTERNATIONAL FALLS                   9.3                     
HALSTAD                               8.0                     
WASKISH                               7.0                     
MOORHEAD                              6.6                     
WIRT                                  6.4                     
BAUDETTE                              6.0                     
BEMIDJI                               5.5                     
LONG LOST LAKE                        4.0                     
TWIN VALLEY                           3.6                     
DONNELLY                              3.2                     
OLIVIA                                3.0                     

...NORTH DAKOTA...
ASHLEY                                8.0                     
LINTON 5 NW                           8.0                     
FORT YATES                            7.0                     
JAMESTOWN                             6.0                     
VALLEY CITY                           4.0                     
FARGO                                 3.6                     
MARMARTH                              3.5                     
HAZELTON 4 NW                         3.4                     
GRAND FORKS                           3.2                     
STREETER 7 NW                         3.0                     

...SOUTH DAKOTA...
DEADWOOD 2 NE                        11.0                     
DOWNTOWN SPEARFISH 5 W                9.0                     
E TILFORD                             9.0                     
LEAD 5.5 SSW                          8.0                     
OPAL                                  8.0                     
SHADEHILL RESERVOIR 5 SSW             8.0                     
STURGIS 1.0 S                         7.5                     
WHITEWOOD 4.2 NNW                     6.7                     
BELLE FOURCHE 0.9 SSE                 6.0                     
DOWNTOWN STURGIS                      6.0                     
FAITH 36.3 W                          6.0                     
MEADOW 7 SE                           6.0                     
MUD BUTTE 8 SE                        6.0                     


A STRONG UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH EASTWARD OVER
THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING.  THE
DEEPENING SURFACE LOW AND ASSOCIATED HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO
MOVE NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST AND INTO ONTARIO BY
WEDNESDAY MORNING.  STRONG WINDS RESULTING IN FRIGID WIND CHILL
TEMPERATURES AND BLOWING SNOW WILL BE PREVALENT BEHIND THE
DEPARTING STORM SYSTEM. TRAVEL IS NOT ADVISED.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 1000 PM CDT. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS
EVENT.

GERHARDT